Afghanistan vs Malta

Malta scores 72.9 in the NationsTree Index (29th in the world) and Afghanistan scores 21.5 (185th), a gap of 51.3 points. Their trees are 5.0 m and 4.3 m tall; tree height grows with real GDP and is adjusted by the index.

Afghanistan has 76 times the population of Malta. Afghanistan is 2,072 times larger than Malta by land area. Afghanistan has an economy 2.3 times the size of Malta (GDP at purchasing power parity). Population: Afghanistan 43.8 million and Malta 579,704 (2025).

GDP per person at purchasing power parity is $72,210 in Malta and $2,236 in Afghanistan (2025, international dollars). People in Malta live on average 16.7 years longer (83.0 vs 66.3 years).

Of 33 indicators reported by both countries, Afghanistan ranks higher in the world on 6 and Malta on 27. Afghanistan is clearly stronger in military, natural resources and land & people. Malta is clearly stronger in infrastructure & digital, institutions & safety and society & health.

As a nation, Afghanistan is the older of the two (statehood since 1747, 279 years), compared with Malta (since 1964). Over the last five years Malta improved faster (direction score 83 vs 36 out of 100).